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Re:SpaceX Starship 36 Anomaly by s1artibartfast on Thursday June 19, 2025 @11:07AM (#44319361)
% GDP isn't an inflation adjustment.

0.8% US GDP in 1969 would be about 8B/yr today. Very different answer

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Re:SpaceX Starship 36 Anomaly by trhway on Thursday June 19, 2025 @05:41PM (#44322775)
US GDP 2024 is $29T. Thus 0.8% is $230B.
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Re:SpaceX Starship 36 Anomaly by s1artibartfast on Thursday June 19, 2025 @11:48PM (#44324558)
Expense scales with inflation, not GDP, which is the point.
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